Show T TOUTS TOUT'S TIP IS 18 fOn GOOD GOODIn j In More Senses Than One anGood anc an and I Good Came of It In More Ways Than One Say ho boss c. c let me take lake c your pencil for Cor a minute It was vas the same oJ old story that hn I been hoard heard at nt every very race raco track from froni Roby Hoby t Hi P Oakland to from fron New Orleans arid and In e every pool poor room and turf tUf exchange In the country The question lue ton was addressed c by hr n slight ht young fellow to a n stranger lohl was vas watching the board In a pool room trying to figure out the marks and f figures ures surrounding the IhL names of the horses hor s It nt at the different tracks and wondering how ho he should proceed if Ir he wanted to bet het on a race The hp stranger tranger ha had hen heard of racetrack race rac racetrack track touts tn H hut lut his experience with such things wa was vas so O limited that he wn was not sure ure whether the name name was pronounced pro pro- toot or and as to their method of or working he knew even cven lessI lessI less less I used to be on that track my myself said the ule regular ular as he 11 took tonJ the proffered proffered Iroff prof prof- f red pencil and car carefully marked a n ticket I It was not so o ve very vers' long Jong n ag ago that I could ride all nl moun around Smith anti and Robinson and all al those hose jockeys but butone one day da daa a stable boy bov we Wf called caled Sliver under un stirrup and hooked e his foot my It was 1 me rite for or the ho hospital for sh six I didn't have weeks When hen I 1 came out any Sn more mOIe Job than a rabbit but Ive I've I e kept up with wih some ome or them by b using tho the wise UJ talk I picked up tip in twelve years cars and amI making the thc bookies Ja pay me me for knowing a good thing when Isee I Isee Isee see it it It I got a friend in Frisco too who Hashes lashes me a hot one once in n 1 t while that then always goes goes through Seeing he had aroused the interest of or the stranger ho returned the pencil nT rind arid affected an 11 air nil of Indifference oling waiting for an opening It I came soon when th the stranger asked If lie he had won lyon an anything that daton day dat Won on I haven't had action acton on ahing n a hing yet et for fOI the only two I had were scratched but I got gOl a 3 good thing In Inthis this his next one OIW that will wi make malt me fot- fot get et there ever eser was wa such a thing as a alov sloan slow lov an and fast iro in the tho same sante place Ill II toil tell tel you OU what Ill I'll Il do If I you ou wi will go 0 out there to the door doo and wait wal uni until I get c my m ITt ticket on this race rc lJJ lp Lip iJ it off miff to you The tipster came lack hack In a few minutes an and with wih nil ail al the air of meI mys my mystery lei tery eI he could muster told the thc stranger hat that the only reason he had for Cor dol thing on the quiet was that he was WM afraid if raid the bookmakers ers would find out hat that he hea a was vas tipping of off the good good thing lungs and would not allow him hint to lay ilay Just put your tr money moncy on Good juck In the California derby he said Mid off and the next race to come com or lont be he afraid to loosen up with all aU the lie good money moncy you ou OLt have for fOI h he coull not lose the he race if he should reak a leg Id I'd Id put on her herf If f I had it with wih me anti and as it H was I put nit mt evel every cent I had on Good Goo Luck to win The stranger took the bait bai and ami working his hisa a way up UJ the bookmakers bookmaker's des lesk esk placed 50 on Good Luck to i win and vin and he won He Ftc could scarcely carcel that he lie had actually won and andle andIC he le IC appeared as thou though h in lit a n dream when hen he cashed his ticket and offo offered d he the tout a ten ten- ten dollar bill 1111 bi to show how his for the tip lp he had itati hal received and ind asked Cl him if it he would be at the I room oom today Ill JU ho be hero all al right but I want sant ou to coma out where when we can bo be bola from rl m the tho crowd and have haie ia In a l a ll lUte l talk The he tout led the way to the he outer room corn where scat seated 11 opposite the strait strait- er ei at a n table tahle he gave th the older ohler man some advice n that thal showed a character Tar far different from fm that lint of or the 1 01 room hanger ool If you ou knew JOe m my n name me ho he said you iU might find it in the cl city directory as is agent a ent for Cor a large eastern company and at the resi residence ence address g given en you might night find a neat six-room six cottage only completed hist year It I was nearly paid for six months ago ago but now ito I don't dont own a shingle hingle on ju it it I Ilot lot lost that house an and practically everything every every- thing else I had in the world playing play in lug ing the ponies and that tip Up I 1 gave you ou was vas at best besl only a guess guiss I 1 touted two other fellows on that race and he thE bet on different horses so I had a good chance for a rake-off rake if Ir any anyone one of or the three horses won von I might offer to return this ten spot you tU gave me after telling you ou this hut but Ut Im I'm Im not not going to 10 It I Is going to tobe tobe be he the starting starling of enough money tto to get ct me out of this town to a where I can go among strangers o. a begin all nl over again I have hac a w wife ar fc ami and 10 boy back home lune with her folks and If I I 1 dont don't have ha e them bern with wih me mc again aguin in J less s than a 1 year ear and In i good od home too loot my names name's not Jim JimI Jim Jim- I nalI nearly forgot forgot hut but Im Im I'm not telling what m my real name Is I |